Self-registering water-meter.



F. W. HANNA.

SELF BEGISTBRING WATERMETEE. APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 19,1908.

Patented NOV. 2, 1909.

Fi E 1 rod 1Q to the sliding swivel 13 attached to vlioat chamber and a sphericalmechanical in- UNITE stares Para FFi@E.

FRANK W. HANNA, OF DEFIANCE, IOWA, SSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH H. ROOT, OF PORT BYRON, NEN YORK.

SELF-REGISTERING WATER-METER.

Specication ofpLetters Patent.

Patent-.ea Nav. 2, 1909.

Application led December 19 1908. Serial No. 468,285.

water meter and has for its object the measg uring and registering of the quantity of? water discharged through a stilling boX from i a canal, reservoir or other receptacle for can rying or storing water. This object is atg tained by the use of a counterweighted iioat l actuated by the tluctuating height of water 3 in the stillingbox and controlling, by means 1 of a cam-wheel and a sliding barmaintained in contact therewith, the arm of a spherical mechanical integrator Connected with a clock l mechanism and so adjusted as to register on l suitable dials the quantity of water passing through the stilling box.

' 1n the accompanying drawing illustrating i the invention, Figure 1 shows a plan of a stilling box, a counterweighted float and tegrator; Fig. l shows a verticalseetion of l the tloat chamber taken in a plane reprel l sented by the line 2 3 in Fig. 1., a view of the lloat and cam-wheel and of their supports y and a section of the sliding bar and of its guides; Fig. il showsa side elevationv of the i principal part of the mechanism shown in plan in Fig. l; and Figs. t and 5 show on a smaller scale right sect-ions lof the stilling box as constructed for passing its discharge respectively over a weir and through an orifice.

In Figs. 1, Q and 3 the float 1 is connected to the counterweight 2 by the chain 3 passing over the sheave 1 mounted in common with the cam-wheel on the shaft` 6. The sliding bar T kept in contact with the camwheel 5 by the weight S and the cord v9 passing over the pulley 10 moves in the grooved guides 11 and is connected by means of the the integrator arm 14. The spherical propellet 15 actuated by the clock-driven gear 16 operates the registering dials 17 through c the mechanical connections provided by the cylinder 18. the axis of rot-ation of which intersects that of the spherical propeller. f The cylinder 18 with its axis parallel to the center line of the integrator arm 14 is set in the frame 19 mounted on an axis perpendicular toand intersectmg the axes of rotation of the cylinder and the propeller. The

perimeter of thecam-wheel for discharges over a weir, neglecting velocity of apprdach in the stilling box, 1s determinedl by the f polar equation,

T=o a,

with the origin of coordinates in the plane of the cam-wheel on the center line of the shaft7 in' which equatian r is the radius vector of the perimeter of the cam-wheel, R the radius of the shea ve over which the float chain passes, the angle of rotation through which the shaft turns as the water surface in the stilling box rises from the elevation of the weir crest to the elevation at which the l point (r, 9) of the" perimeter of the camwheel comes in contact with the end of the sliding' bar and C a constant for fix ing a desirable value for the ratio of r to R5 H3. Where necessity requires, the values of r may be corrected for velocity of approach 1n the stlllmg box. Where the disi charge takes place through an orifice, the

perimeter of the cam-wheel, neglecting velocity of` approach in thev stilllng box7 1s deternuncd by the polar equation,

r: c in a,

in which 1 and R have the significance above noted and 0 represents the angle of rotation through which the cam-wheel shaft turns as the water surface in the stilling box rises' from the elevationof the center of the oriice tothe elevation at which the point (r, r9)V of the perimeter of the cam-wheel comes. in contact with the end of the sliding bar and C represents a constant for fixing a desirable value for the ration of r to Rif 19t-f. The' values of r in this latter equation may also be corrected for velocity of approach in the stilling box if required.

ln order to keep the size of the cam-wheel within desirable limits, it is necessary to limit the values of r in the above polar. equations for particular values of R, by assigning a suitable denite integral, or fractional value to C. As an illustration of this point,

y if C is assigned a value of 17 the lengths of :fr for any constant value of R would be twice as great as they would if C were assigned the value of 1-, and the cam-Wheel -unit discharge element of thel registeris required under the rst assigned value Would be greater than it would under the second such value.

affected 'by the position of 'the integrator arm and the time element of the discharge register is supplied by' the clocl driven spherical propeller. The registering dials indicate the quantity ot Water discharged in any given period 'of time in units depending for their values on.theinstrumental constants of the mechanical integrator. In ac# corda-nce .with the usual customs of measuring Water the instrumental constants Will generally be so chosen that the register may indicate gallons, cubic feet or acre-feet.

Having thus described my invention, L

now make the following claims:

.1. The combination of a measuring boX with an outlet in an.outlet canalL receiving Water from a supply canal or reservoir; a counterweighted tloat actuated by the fluctuating height of Water in the said measuring box; a. spherical mechanical integrator provided With an arm7 a propeller;` a clock mechanism and a registering device; a camwheel; the successive radius vectors of the perimeter of which measured from the center of rotation are proportional to the successive discharges of the outlet in the measuring box for4 corresponding hydrostatic heads thereon between zero and a suitable upper limit; a means for mechanically connecting the said cam-Wheel With the said float; and a means for mechanically connecting the said cam-Wheel With the said arm of the .said mechanical integrator; the Whole effecting a register of the quantity of Water discharged from the supply canal or reservoir.

2. rEhe combination of a measuring box With a Weir outlet in an outlet canal receiv-4 ing Water from a supply canal or reservoir; a counterweighted iioat actuated by the liuctuating height of Water in the said measuring box; a sheave actuated by and supporting the said counter-Weighted float; a sphertion ot the perimeter of which with the origin of coordinates in the plane of and at the center of rotation of the camwheel is r equals C R3 6%,

in which r is the radius vector of the perimeter of the cam-Wheel; R the radius of the said sheave, (7l the angle of rotation through Which the said cam-Wheel turns as the Water rises from the elevation of the Weir crest to the elevation at Which the'point, r; 0, of the' perimeter of the cam-Wheel comes in contact with the said sliding bar, C al constant for fixing a desirable Value for the ratio of 7" to Ri* 6i", in Which 7" is the radius vector of the perimeter of the cam-Wheel, R the radius of the said sheave, `19 the angle of rotation through Which the said cam-Wheel turns as the Water rises from the elevation of the Weir crest to the elevation at which the point; 1*, 9; of the perimeter of the cam-Wheel comes in contact with the'said sliding bar, C a constant for iixing a desirable value for the ratio of r to Ri 0%; a means for mechanically connectingthe said cam-Wheel With the said sheave; a means for securing continuous contact between the said sliding bar and the said cam-Wheel; a means for mechanicallyv connecting the said sliding bar with the said arm of the said mechanical integrator; the Whole effecting a register of the quantity of Water discharged from the supply canal orA reservoir. l

i FRAN K W. HANNA. Vitnesses:

THos. E. BRoWN,' JOSEPH H. Roor. 

